28.7%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Townsville · Council (LGA)
Health & Disability in Townsville
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life for 28.7% of Townsville residents involves managing a long-term health condition. Mental health is a particular challenge here, with 10.3% of people reporting such a condition, which is much higher than most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 10.3%, followed by arthritis at 8.7% and asthma at 8.1%. While 60.5% of people have no long-term health issues, about 19.1% of the population live with one condition.
10.3%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Townsville, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.9% of people in Townsville need some help with daily activities. This is about the same as the state and national figures, though the need for assistance has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
5.9% ▲ +51.7%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37010/townsville/topic/health-disability